Hearing on China’s Pursuit of Next Frontier Tech: Computing, Robotics, and Biotechnology

AGENDA

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419

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9:30 AM – 9:35 AM Opening Remarks: Commissioner Daniel M. Slane and Commissioner Katherine C. Tobin, Ph.D.

9:35 AM – 11:05 AM Panel I: Computing

Addison Snell, Chief Executive Officer, Intersect360 (Testimony)
Mark Brinda, Partner, Bain and Company (Testimony)
John Costello, Senior Analyst for Cyber and East Asia, Flashpoint (Testimony)

11:05 AM – 11:15 AM Break

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM Panel II: Industrial and Military Robotics

Henrik I. Christensen, Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego (Testimony)
Jonathan Ray, Associate Deputy Director, Defense Group, Inc. (Testimony)
Patrick John Sinko, Associate Vice President for Research and Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, Rutgers University (Testimony)

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch Break

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM Panel III: Biotechnology

Ben Shobert, Founder and Managing Director, Rubicon Strategy Group and Senior Associate for International Health, National Bureau of Asian Research (Testimony)
Kenneth A. Oye, Professor of Political Science and Director, Program on Emerging Technologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Testimony)
Edward H. You, Supervisory Special Agent, Biological Countermeasures Unit, Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Federal Bureau of Investigation (Testimony)

3:15 PM – 3:20 PM Closing Remarks

3:20 PM Adjourn

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